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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.3066
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'In the city special palaces existed for the king, the princes, the chief priests, ministers and military officers. Besides these and humble dwellings (the larger houses being divided into various courts), there were various assembly halls, dancing-halls, liquor-saloons, gambling halls, courts of justice, and the booths of small traders with goldsmiths, shops, and the work-places of other artisans. The arsenal appears to have been not far from the king's apartments. Pleasure parks abounded. The royal palace appears always to have had its dancing-hall attached. The city-gates ranged in number from four to eleven, and were guarded by squads of men and single wardens.³ Door-keepers guarded the courts of the palace as well as the city gates.'⁴—(Hopkins, *J.A.O.S.*, 13, pp. 175, 176.)